A Study On The Literacy Campaign In The Early Days Of The Founding Of New China

The cultural quality of the people is related to the future and destiny of the country and the nation.In the new era,China still attaches importance to cultural learning and calls for strengthening learning.In the early days of the founding of New China,the national economy was extremely poor,science and technology education and culture were seriously backward.At that time,illiteracy accounted for 80% of the population,which seriously hindered the rapid development of New China.Therefore,in order to meet the needs of political reform and economic construction,the CPC Central Committee launched a nationwide literacy campaign.According to the social background and social conditions at that time and the objects it faced,this literacy education has the characteristics of unity and flexibility.Literacy classes spread over factories,rural areas Troops,streets,and people took part in cultural learning with high enthusiasm.This campaign improved the cultural quality and professional skills of workers,peasants,soldiers,party members and cadres,provided talent support for the successful completion of the first five-year Plan,accelerated the construction of socialist industrialization,and promoted economic development.It has also improved the comprehensive quality of the people.Therefore,it is of great significance to study the literacy movement in the early days of the founding of the people’s Republic of China.In this paper,the study of literacy movement in the early days of the founding of New China consists of three parts.The first part introduces the historical background of literacy movement,mainly focusing on the needs of economic and social development at that time.The second part elaborates the specific measures to carry out the literacy campaign,focusing on the four aspects of the workers,peasants,soldiers and party members and cadres;the third part summarizes the effectiveness of the literacy campaign,and on this basis,probes into the contemporary value of the literacy campaign.